Questions & Answers about هم خوابم میآید و هم سردم است.
Why does this sentence use mi-âyad (it comes) for expressing that I am sleepy?
In Farsi, some physical states are expressed as things happening to you rather than something you are. The phrase khâb-am mi-âyad literally means sleep comes to me. The verb mi-âyad is in the it form because the grammatical subject is actually khâb (sleep), while the enclitic ending -am means to me.
Why do we use ast (it is) instead of hastam (I am) for feeling cold?
Just like being sleepy, feeling cold is treated as an outside condition affecting you. The phrase sard-am ast translates literally as cold is to me. You attach the to me ending -am to the adjective sard, and use the impersonal it form of the verb, ast. If you used the normal I am form and said man sard hastam, Farsi speakers would think you are saying you have a cold and unfriendly personality!
What is the purpose of the ham ... va ham ... pattern?
Placing ham before one phrase and va ham before another translates to both ... and ... in Farsi. In this sentence, it links your two physical states together to emphasize that you are both sleepy and cold at the same time.
Why is the -am ending attached to khâb and sard instead of the verbs at the end?
In these impersonal phrases, the pronoun ending that shows who is experiencing the feeling must attach directly to the feeling word itself (the noun or adjective). Therefore, it naturally hooks onto (sleep) and (cold) rather than the verbs or .